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Arkose vs Arenite - What's the difference?

arkose | arenite |

As nouns the difference between arkose and arenite

is that arkose is a sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand while arenite is any sedimentary rock with a grain size in the sand range on the Wentworth scale.

arkose

English

Noun

(wikipedia arkose)
  • (geology) A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    arenite

    English

    (wikipedia arenite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any sedimentary rock with a grain size in the sand range on the Wentworth scale.

    • Derived terms

    * arenaceous * arenitic * quartz arenite

    See also

    * psammite